St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1887-12-28
CARNIVAL RATES.
Rates on All the Roads Nearly
Will Be Probably Half Fare

The railroads between st. Paul and
Chicago have been in hot water in re-
gard to the carnival rates ever since the
st. Paul & Kansas City line, formerly
the Minnesota d Northwestern, an
nounced its determination to give half
fare rate. This proposition was against
the wishes and interests of the other
members of the Western associations
and an effort was made to get the
Minnesota d Northwestern to withdraw
the reduction and join the other roads
in fixing higher rate. The Minnesota
& Northwestern had determined that
the rate should be half-fare rate. and
it has stuck to it and never varied,
or in any way changed. Yesterday theSt.
Paul d Minneapolis Passenger assOcia-
ton held meeting and after some
other unimpOrtant matters had been at
tended to this matter of ice palace or
carnival rates was taken up and dis
cusSed. The officers of the Ice Palace
association were present and urged the
adoption of the half-fare rate. The
Milwaukee & st. Paul and the WiscOn-
sin Central were opposed to the asso-
citation taking any action for the reason
that the organization had no authority
to fix the rate, but that it was matter
TO be settled by the Western States
Passenger association only. Finally
the resolution TO fix the rate at one fare
for the round trip was lost, and Mr..
Dixon, of the Milwaukee q st. Paul,
offered resolution that the matter of
rates to the ice carnival be at once re-
ferred to the Western States Passenger
association for prompt action. with the
recommendation that one fare for the
round trip be given, as two of the St.
Paul and Chicago lines have already
publicly announced that rate. This
resolution was adopted. The Minnesota
IL Northwestern and the Omaha have
declared their intention to give
A HALF FARE RATE.
There is no doubt the other roads will
do the same, and beyond doubt this will
be the prevailing rate among the Chi
cago roads. The st. Paul & Duluth and
the Minneapolis d Pacific will make
this rate. The 500. the Manitoba and
Northern Pacific will make fare and
one-fifth from points distant 80 miles or
lesS,and the rate obtained at distance of
$50 miles will govern until it merges
into the One-way rate, when the fare for
one rate will be adopted. The sale will
begin Jan. "a and be good till Feb. 5.
Mr.. Dixon in speaking of these carnival
rates says that the Milwaukee & ST.
Paul was the first to propose reduced
rates for this occasion at meeting of
the Western States Passenger asSOcla-
ton in Chicago last November. He said
that he had special meeting of the st.
Pal association called more than a
month ago to consider the same QueS-
ton, and that he has persiStently urged
prompt action, but to no purpose. At
the meeting yesterday Mr.. McCulloch,
of the Omaha, offered resolution to
make the rate one fare. which was OPP
posed by Mr.. Dixon OH the ground of
lack of jurisdiction. and further that the
resolution was an attempt on the part
of the Omaha to legaliZe an announce
ment made by that road the day pre-
viOuS: that it intended to make those
rates anyhow, which was violation of
their obligation to the Western States
association. This resolution was lost,
when Mr.. Dixon offered one to refer the
matter to the Western States asSocia-
ton for prompt action in favor of
round-trip rate. The Milwaukee Il st.
Paul road is in favor of reduced rates
for the carnival, but it wants them
made in the regular way, and is opposed
to roads gaining notoriety in the way
attempted, he said.